How to stop the bdservicehost.exe task?

FriarJacob

Hello everyone,

I recently purchased Bitdefender, so far I'm happy with the product, but I've encountered a very specific issue, and I'm hoping to find some help.

I installed Bitdefender Total Security on a laptop. The laptop isn't what you would call a powerhouse, so when I want to play some video games on the laptop, I usually shut down all the unnecessary apps and tasks to free resources. I discovered that Bitdefender's "bdservicehost.exe" consumes a few hundred MB of RAM even when seemingly idle. It's not a problem when I use the laptop for work or to watch movies, but I want to be able to shut down the task when I want to do something that's going to be more of a challenge for the ol' laptop. Unfortunately, it seems that the task manager can't end this task or this entire "tree" of processes. I either get no response at all, or an "access denied" notification. That's even if I have the protection in Bitdefender turned off, and even if I didn't start the app in the first place, the task is there in the background (disabling autostart doesn't help).

I didn't yet try to "force" the death of the task, I know there's the "Taskkill" command you can do in CMD but I'm not 100% if it's safe, and if it will actually work.

So essentially I'm looking for any tips as to how to temporarily end the bdservicehost.exe task so that I can free some resources, and then bring it back on once I'm done.

Thanks in advance for any help!

Cheers!

Flexx

https://community.bitdefender.com/en/discussion/91004/how-to-stop-the-bdservicehost-exe-task

Well, to be honest, you cannot disable bdservicehost as it is a vital part of Bitdefender software which processes various functions of the Bitdefender services. And even if you are able to disable bdservicehost, it will hamper the true functioning of Bitdefender software on your system & you might need to restart your system or reinstall Bitdefender software from scratch.

Regards